POPE AIR FORCE BASE, N.C. — A court-martial has been scheduled next month for a female airman who says she was charged because she refused to testify against three male airmen she had accused of rape.

The woman is charged with one count of committing indecent acts and one count of consuming alcohol as a minor. The defense says the charges against her involve the same men she accused of raping her.

The military won’t identify the men or confirm whether they were ever charged because the case is pending, base spokesman Ed Drohan said Tuesday.

“The whole thing is a system failure,” said Capt. Christopher A. Eason, one of the woman’s military defense attorneys. “This is unprecedented.”

In letters dated June 7 to the congressional delegations and governors of North Carolina and her native Texas, the woman said she decided not to testify against the three men because she was “under enormous stress.” (more. . .)

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